{"id":3573,"date":"2026-08-25T15:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:07:53","slug":"spalding-trophy-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/?p=3573","title":{"rendered":"Spalding Trophy 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spalding event is held annually to mark the contributions of Bill Spalding to Scottish Croquet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bill&#8217;s wife Eleanor joins us at the end of the competition to award the trophy.  Eleanor donated the wonderful trophy to the SCA in memory of Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trophy this year was won by Stefan Colling (Glasgow Croquet Club) and Amy Jamie (Balgreen Croquet Club).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_2390-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3575 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_2390-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_2390-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_2390-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_2390-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_2390-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0001-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3576 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0001-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0001-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0001-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0001.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A toast to the manager Steve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0000-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3577 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0000-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0000-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0000-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0000-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/glasgowcroquet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260822-WA0000.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spectastors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spalding event is held annually to mark the contributions of Bill Spalding to Scottish Croquet. 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